Re: st: Survival analysis - Inconstant event

Thanks, Tamas, for your answer. I will try to make clear my point. It is
similar to what you mention about being married. To perform a survival
analysis, I want to classify companies in my dataset in terms of whether a
variable (X) (the capital ratio) is above or below a threshold (t).
Accordingly, I have two very clear categories: (i) agents for which X
becomes larger than t at a particular period and remains above t up to the
end of the sample period; (ii) agents for which X is never above t in the
whole sample period.
However, I do also have agents for which X is above t just for some
intermediate (or starting) periods of the sample. And my question is
whether this latter category of agents can be handled by Stata in a
survival analysis.
Thanks in advance.
Miguel.
> Dear Miguel,
>
> This question is too general to be answered, you should tell us some
> details
> about your data.
>
> The sequence you present fits the pattern exhibited by recurrent events.
> For instance,
> the agent is single, then married, then single (divorced) again.Then the
> agent is at the risk
> of marrying again. More examples can be found quite easily.
>
> Tamas
>
> On 13/06/12, Miguel Angel Duran Munoz <maduran@uma.es> wrote:
>> Hi, Statalisters. I am not sure whether in a survival analysis I can
>> reflect the following sequence of events: (1) during some periods, an
>> agent does not fit into a certain category (specifically, a variable
>> characterizing that agent is lower than a threshold); (2) after a
>> concrete
>> moment, the agent fits into the category (the variable is above the
>> threshold); 3) but then, after a few periods, the individual, again,
>> does
>> not fit into the category (the variable is below the threshold).
>>
>> Will anyone please help me with this?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Miguel.
>>
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>>
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